Elisabeth LaMotte
Friday, October 10th was World Mental Health Day—a time to focus globally on emotional well-being. Established in 1992 by the World Federation for Mental Health (WFMH) and recognized by the World Health Organization (WHO), this annual event reminds us that mental health deserves attention all year long. While many hoped that the end of the…
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What We Believe, What We Remember, What We Inherit Families, relationships, and communities shape us in ways both obvious and invisible. Jonathan Spector’s This Much I Know explores how our personal histories, inherited beliefs, and the stories we tell ourselves collide—sometimes painfully, sometimes with unexpected insight. In this beautifully acted play, competing truths coexist, challenging…
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Remember the old song about making new friends and cherishing old ones? “Make new friends but keep the old, one is silver and the other’s gold.” That lyric came to mind as I watched ART, the hit Broadway revival now playing at the Music Box Theatre. The show, starring Bobby Cannavale, James Corden, and Neil…
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Imagine your older sister—tattooed, disheveled, possibly drunk, and definitely uninvited—showing up on your doorstep with emotional baggage and a grudge. Now imagine she’s a character on a glossy streaming series. Two of the buzziest shows this month—Sirens (Netflix) and The Better Sister (Amazon Prime Video)—lean into this exact setup. On the surface, they’re frothy and…
Read More It’s not every day that a series dares to explore female sexuality with honesty—and even less often does it do so in tandem with the realities of terminal illness. Hulu’s Dying for Sex manages both, telling a bold yet intimate story that invites us to think differently about what it means to be alive. Based…
Read MoreThis month I spoke with Huffington Post about the “Ostrich Effect” and the link will lead you to the article; however my full answer is below: These days, more therapists and clients are referencing the ostrich effect — the tendency to metaphorically bury one’s head in the sand to avoid confronting negative or distressing information.…
Read MoreSaturday was International Women’s Day and March is Women’s History Month. I was glad for the change to discuss the state of women’s mental health on Fox Nashville. The monologue at the end of the barbie movie is quite powerful a fitting summary as we unpack the question of the current state of women’s mental…
Read More The results are in: Mikey Madison has officially taken home the Oscar for Best Actress, capping off an incredible awards season where she also won the Independent Spirit Award and the BAFTA. In a historic night, Anora dominated the Academy Awards, proving that its raw intensity and indie roots were no barrier to Hollywood’s top…
Read More “Do any human beings every realize life while they live it?” I saw Thornton Wilder’s 1928 Pulitzer Prize winning play Our Town at some point during my childhood and remembered it vaguely. Mostly I remembered that the plot followed two young people in a small town falling in love and that the boy loved baseball.…
Read MoreHappy New Year! Setting healthier boundaries is a common new year’s resolution so I thought I would share this clip from a conversation I had with Good Day DC host Jacqueline Matter. This particular suggested script focuses on the holidays and spending time together as a family, but it can be tweaked to a variety…
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